It is widely believed that women live long post-reproductive lives to help care for their grandchildren. Now research suggests that the pattern may differ depending on the relationship between grandmother and grandchild.

Ground-breaking discoveries by two Cambridge researchers have placed monkey behaviour closer to humans than had previously been thought. Dr Antonio Moura and Paco Bertolani, both in the Department of Biological Anthropology, have uncovered previously unseen behaviour that could have implications for understanding human evolution.